Q230
Bacillus thuringiensis was discovered by
A.
S. Ishiwata
AnswerB.
Berliner
C.
Flemming
D.
Frisch
Answer: Option A
Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Bacillus thuringiensis was discovered by S. Ishiwata.Ishiwata named the bacterium Bacillus sotto. A few years thereafter, in 1911, German scientist Ernst Berliner isolated a related strain from dead Mediterranean flour moth larvae he found in a flour mill in the German state of Thuringia. He appropriately named the organism Bacillus thuringiensis.